Planning applications · Co. Cork
Planning applications in Co. Cork: 3,261 in three years
3,261 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 25 towns in Co. Cork in the last three years. Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.
3,261
planning applications within 2 km of 25 town centres in the last three years
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schemes of 10+ homes: the register extract carries no unit counts for these councils
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residential units in those large applications
Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Cork
Applications lodged within 2 km of each town centre since 2023, from the national planning register. A high count means an active town, not necessarily housing estates: extensions, one-off rural houses, shopfronts and retention applications all count.
| Cork | 325 applications |
| Cork City | 325 applications |
| Cobh | 187 applications |
| Midleton | 174 applications |
| Kinsale | 174 applications |
| Douglas | 171 applications |
| Mallow | 158 applications |
| Carrigaline | 150 applications |
| Blackrock | 148 applications |
| Youghal | 145 applications |
| Bandon | 137 applications |
| Bishopstown | 126 applications |
| Carrigtwohill | 115 applications |
| Clonakilty | 112 applications |
| Fermoy | 96 applications |
| Bantry | 93 applications |
| Charleville | 93 applications |
| Ballincollig | 83 applications |
| Passage West | 80 applications |
| Ovens | 74 applications |
| Macroom | 68 applications |
| Rochestown | 68 applications |
| Skibbereen | 66 applications |
| Glanmire | 55 applications |
| Blarney | 38 applications |
Largest schemes on file in Co. Cork
The national register extract for Co. Cork does not carry residential unit counts, so schemes of ten or more homes cannot be picked out here. The town pages list the application counts; for a specific house, the report reads every application within 300 m with its description and decision.
A permission that is granted but not yet built is invisible at a viewing. The register shows it. So does the zoning map for the fields around the house, which says what they are allowed to become.
Check one house in Co. Cork
The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.
Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) lists every planning application within 300 m of the house with status, decision and appeal, checks the property's own planning and building-control file, and shows the zoning of the land around it.
Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.
Other checks for Co. Cork
Planning applications by town in Co. Cork
Other counties
GuidePlanning search before buying a house: the three files that matter
Questions people ask
- How do I search planning applications in Co. Cork?
- Two ways. The national planning applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. Each council also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.
- Which towns in Co. Cork have the most planning activity?
- By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Cork (325), Cork City (325), Cobh (187), Midleton (174), Kinsale (174). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
- Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?
- A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.
Sources
Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.